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Saturday, February 16, 2013

2013 NMAC Scholarship Recipient

The Scholarship Committee has mailed out applications to Manhattan publicschools in search of potential candidates for the 2013 NMAC ScholarshipRecipient.The North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter Scholarship was established tohelp African-American women in need of financial assistance, pursue adegree-granting program directly from high school. This is a four-yearscholarship of $1,500 per year, payable to the student in installments of$750 per semester upon proof of registration at an accredited college oruniversity.We are in search of strong candidates who are currently attending a publichigh school in Manhattan. The candidate should be an African-Americanfemale who is currently a senior in high school with a cumulative GPA of3.0 or better. If you know someone who meet these criteria you may havethem contact scholarship@nmacdst.org directly for an application.

Greening Summit
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Saturday March 16
Grow Our Grassroots Summit at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Grow Our Grassroots is a summit created for New Yorkers who care for street trees, love parks, nurture gardens, compost creatively and make New York greener and greater! To learn more, please check out last year's schedule of workshops and speakers here. Email us at stewards@milliontreesnyc.org with any questions.

Monday, February 11, 2013

The Frederick Douglass Boulevard Alliance(FDBA) is working with Grow NYC-Greenmarket towards establishing a Greenmarket on Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Help make this a reality by clicking the link below and responding to the survey. Please feel free to forward to your networks.
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e71038ajhcwdr1s3/a015rhd1ukk6z/questions

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The Original North Star

Frederick Douglass founded the abolitionist newspaper The North Star in 1847. The North Star quickly became the voice of the anti-slavery movement and an advocate for the the emancipation of women and all oppressed people.

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